Jury begins deliberations in Figoski case
Photo credit: Charles Eckert | Court officers escort Lamont Pride, center, into a courtroom during his trial in Brooklyn Supreme Court. (Jan. 28, 2013).
Peter Figoski, NYPD cop from LI, remembered
NYPD cops from Long Island who died in the line of duty
A Queens man testified in his own defense Thursday that he was just giving a ride to a friend the night the friend and three other men allegedly robbed a Brooklyn drug dealer and killed NYPD Officer Peter Figoski during the flight from the scene.
Michael Velez, 22, of Ozone Park, said none of the others mentioned a robbery, and he did not hear one of the men chambering a round, while in the...
